Riverdale High School student hit by car while walking to school bus stop Tuesday morning

A 15-year-old Lehigh Acres girl was in critical condition after she was hit while walking to her school bus stop along Sunshine Boulevard Tuesday morning

Marissa Perez was walking along the west shoulder of Sunshine north of 61st Street West shortly after 6 a.m. to her bus stop for Riverdale High School when she was struck by a 2002 Mitsubishi Spyder driven by Robert Hrara, 21, of Lehigh Acres, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The FHP said Hrara's car was southbound on Sunshine when it veered right, crossing the white line onto the west shoulder with the right front of the car striking Perez.